Re: PCWorks: windows xp

[Eric C. Vogel]

You can get Windows Updates, but no phone or other support from Microsoft. 
They will send you to the maker of your computer.
Thank you,
Eric Vogel
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Carnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 7:23 PM
Subject: re: PCWorks: windows xp


Eric,

When you say no support, does that mean no windows update support? No
technical or phone support? All of these or which ones? If there is
absolutely no support for the OEM cds, what good are they. If the OEM
builders use them to build my PC, and install software on it with the OEM
cd, how would i get support from M$ after i buy a product with their OS.
Maybe the builders don't use the OEM cd....these are honest questions,
really....
Roger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric C. Vogel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: PCWorks: windows xp

Note with OEM you cannot get support. The OEM version I had to use on my
friends fathers computer (His sons OEM) had PA, which was OK, bought me 
some
time the next day to get the full retail upgrade product as he would have
lost thousands of dollars without his SoHo PC. All this could have been
solved if the company he bought the PC from was not a pirate shop. I was
going to charge him, but he gave me a ticket to go with his son (my best
friend) to see David Copperfield, then the Red Wings afterwards, and I was
satified and had a great time.

Thank you,
Eric Vogel
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Support-OrpheusComputing.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 11:42 PM
Subject: Re: PCWorks: windows xp


No that's not true.  The OEM CD is the same thing as the retail
and the both operate the same way.  I'm sure they can still be
registered the same way as well, although I've never registered
an M$ product.
-Clint
God Bless
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://OrpheusComputing.com )
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Carnell"

I've seen places where you can buy "OEM" versions of Windows
XP. It says
there might not be any manufacturer support. That probably
means no windows
updates from their update site, I'm guessing. Is this correct?
Can a person
still register the OEM versions?
Roger

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric C. Vogel" <

You can register it by phone. The wizard will give you a
toll-free number to
call. You will have to read off a code, then they will give you
one back.  I
have done it once, and the person was nice. All they ask for is
your first
name to call you by. You can register XP also but is optional
and told me
several times before asking.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Carnell"

Hello,

What if a person wants to use Windows XP on a computer that
won't have
access
to the internet?   How do you go about "registering" it?
Don't you have
to
connect to Microsoft via the internet and register the
product or it shuts
down in about a month?

Thanks,

Roger C. 
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